Working with mission-driven institutions to Define, Plan, and Design facilities that build culture
Sorensen Partners was Architect and OPM for the restoration and renovation of several key features in the lobby and adjacent spaces at Wellesley College’s Jewett Arts Center. The Jewett Arts Center was designed by renowned modernist Paul Rudolph, and changes to the structure adhere to …
Sorensen Partners was Architect and Interior Designer for Rowan University Campbell Library’s University Special Collections & Archives Room, built in 2017. Located adjacent to the lobby on the library’s third floor, the 4,200 square-foot Special Collections Room includes a reading room, climate-controlled archival storage room, …
Who of us is not in awe of the new 3D “additive” manufacturing technologies (which most people call 3D printing, thought this term only describes a fraction of the fabrication types). But how do you actually do it? When learning new equipment, the single best …
Digital Discovery and Architectural Interface Design: Prototyping Architectural-scale Interfaces for Discovery Across Digital and Tangible Collections was published in the Journal of Library Administration, January 22, 2019, and is available on Academia.edu and Researchgate.net. How do researchers search for knowledge? What are their behaviors and habits, …
Seven human-size bird ‘totems’ built of Redwood, Guasivan, and stainless steel tube line a five-mile levee trail that journeys dramatically into the center of the San Francisco Bay. Depicting characteristic behaviors of bird species important to the Refuge (species were selected by naturalist staff), the totems …
Sorensen Partners was Site and Landscape Designer for the Lawrence History Center (LHC) for an accessible entry to LHC’s main building and improvements to the function and aesthetics of the entry courtyard on the Lawrence, MA site. We provided concept design, construction documentation drawings, and …